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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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Classifying a pivot table

Hi, 

 

I have Sales Table and a "pivot table" in my dashboard wich I'm trying to classify it. One of the columns shows the probability of closing that sale, that can be "Very high", "High", or "Medium".

 

I'd like to classify from "Very High" to "Medium", but the Power BI only allows me to classify alphabetically. How can I make this work?

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  • v-easonf-msft's avatar
    v-easonf-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi, Anonymous 

    As mentioned by selimovd ,you should create a calculated column rather than a measure, then sort column by this new calculated colum.

    You can also consider creating  the following sort table  (here you also need to select the column "probability" and sort it by column "column1") . You need to use the field "probability" in this new table to create visual.

     

    Please check my attached file for more details.

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Eason

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  • selimovd's avatar
    selimovd
    Most Valuable Professional
    5 years ago

    Hey Anonymous ,

     

    you can create a sort by column in the table. This table should contain the order, something like this would do it:

     

    SoryByColumn =
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    myTable[classification] = "Very high", 1,
    myTable[classification] = "High", 2,
    myTable[classification] = "Medium", 3
)

     

     

    Then you have to set that as sort by column for your classification column:

    Sort by column in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

     

    Then the default sort order is according to your sort by column, so "Very high" should appear first.

     

    If you need any help please let me know.
    If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍
     
    Best regards
    Denis
     
    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      I've created this measure, but it just can't use a table as refer:

       

      Am I putting the formula in the right place?

      • v-easonf-msft's avatar
        v-easonf-msft
        Community Support
        5 years ago

        Hi, Anonymous 

        As mentioned by selimovd ,you should create a calculated column rather than a measure, then sort column by this new calculated colum.

        You can also consider creating  the following sort table  (here you also need to select the column "probability" and sort it by column "column1") . You need to use the field "probability" in this new table to create visual.

         

        Please check my attached file for more details.

         

         

        Best Regards,
        Community Support Team _ Eason